Sec.  1.273   Waiver of initial or recommended decision.

   At the conclusion of the hearing or within 20 days thereafter, all parties
   to the proceeding may agree to waive an initial or recommended decision, and
   may request that the Commission issue a final decision or order in the case.
   If the Commission has directed that its review function in the case be
   performed by a commissioner, a panel of commissioners, the request shall be
   directed to the appropriate review authority. The Commission or such review
   authority may in its discretion grant the request, in whole or in part, if
   such action will best conduce to the proper dispatch of business and to the
   ends of justice.

   [ 28 FR 12425 , Nov. 22, 1963, as amended at  62 FR 4171 , Jan. 29, 1997]